NYC's Mayoral Race: Did Cuomo Peak Too Soon?

[justaprogressive]

Until this week, it looked as if Andrew Cuomo was on track to be New York City’s next mayor. The incumbent, Eric Adams, had collapsed in a haze of corruption and incompetence, and was not even contesting the Democratic primary.

The left, meanwhile, was fragmented. Several progressive candidates were running, and a number of unions were backing Cuomo on the assumption that he was a sure winner.

Cuomo, who has assiduously courted the Black community through appearances on Black talk shows and in Black churches, stood to carry the base that put Adams in office four years ago—Black voters, whites worried about crime, conservative pro-Netanyahu Jews, and the always powerful real estate lobby, which is dropping millions of dollars on ads for him.

Cuomo had also raised the most money. Cuomo was betting that after Adams, who was both corrupt and incompetent, New Yorkers would accept a little corruption in exchange for competence.
But then, one progressive candidate, Zohran Mamdani, broke out of the pack. This was more than a little improbable. Mamdani, 33, is a third-term assemblyman from Queens, as well as a Muslim and a stalwart of DSA. But he is a stunningly effective politician.

https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2025-06-06-nyc-mayoral-race-cuomo-mamdani-democrats-working-families/

[Polybius]

1. I hope not, unless there's a better alternative

I do not under any circumstances want Zohran to win the primary.